13 interesting facts about parrots

When a feathered friend appears in the house, I want to know everything about him. But when you start to study a bunch of information about care, feeding, maintenance, you willy-nilly get tired. And to get a little distraction, read interesting facts about parrots.

Whiskers and birds appeared on the planet a very long time ago. And their ancestors were quite different from our usual pets. Over millions of years of evolution, something has been lost, but much has been gained. Therefore, the facts about animals that we are used to seeing almost daily can surprise anyone.

Interesting facts about parrots

In fact, there are a lot of parrots. Over 350 species. However, more than a hundred of them are on the verge of extinction. And it’s not always wildlife that’s to blame. Often a person. More precisely, a poacher who illegally transports birds keeps them in disgusting conditions. how many unfortunate feathered pets die during transportation. In addition, many birds (and animals) do not want to breed in captivity. Hence the decrease in their number in nature. Agree 30% of endangered species is a huge figure.

Not only people give their children names. Parrots also assign a name to each of their chicks. Of course, you won’t hear it right away, but if you prick up your ears, then the change in intonation and the chirp itself are caught over time. And the chick knows if his name is his parents or his brother.

Surprisingly, parrots have a sense of rhythm. Yes, yes, they don’t just mindlessly move to the music. If you change the composition, then the tempo of the bird’s movements will also change. It was installed not so long ago, in 2011. In addition, there is a group in the world whose main vocalist is … a parrot! His name is Waldo, and they have already recorded 3 albums. Of course, there are no concerts, but compositions are still possible. It is enough to search the network for the Hatebeak group.

In Australia, special schools for twitterers have been created. They teach parrots to talk. Not everyone has the patience and knowledge to train their pet. therefore, it is possible to turn to professionals who will talk even the most modest and silent.

Australia is generally fun. Sometimes it starts to rain from drunken parrots. No, it’s not the owners who arrange a flash mob, getting their pets drunk. The birds themselves in the wild eat a plant that causes a state in birds similar to alcohol intoxication. They can no longer fly, so they fall. Although at first the residents were in a panic and thought that someone was deliberately poisoning the handsome men.

A few more facts about repetition. Did you know that parrots do not have vocal cords. And does the bird carry out all repetitions only with the help of the tongue (well, and the beak)? And in addition to mimicking a person, a chirper can very easily learn to imitate the sound of a working household appliance. Therefore, think about it, do you need a parrot to portray a blender or a drill instead of chirping? Maybe you should keep him away from such devices?

The largest parrot is the Amazon. His height is a meter. To make it easier to imagine what a giant it is, look at a three-year-old child. It is impossible not to talk about the smallest parrot in the world. It is only 9 cm in size (this is less than 2 matchboxes), and its mass is 11 and a half grams. It was discovered in Papua (New Guinea). There, insects in the wild are even larger. It is not even clear who hunted whom?

A little more about the size. Now let’s talk about the beak. The most gigantic beak in the world is ten centimeters long! And it belongs to the black cockatoo. Yes, what can I say. If this parrot met with one that lives in Papua, then the latter could easily place it in the beak of a cockatoo. It’s not all fun though. In fact, a cockatoo with its beak, like wire cutters, can break many hard objects. And it’s not always sticks. So now think about whether you need to put your finger in the cage to an unfamiliar parrot? Especially if he has such a big beak.

It’s no secret that birds are flocking creatures. But sometimes the number of heads in one flock is frightening. So scientists discovered such a population of parrots, in which there were more than 70 individuals!

For the sake of food, cockatoos and macaws can fly more than 750 kilometers in a day! And without error they will find their home.

Did you know that parrots can also be right-handed or left-handed. Look at your pet. With which paw does he prefer to take a treat?

Not all parrots are harmless herbivores. This is not about hunting for insects, but about real predation. In nature, there is such a kea. So its representatives hunt in flocks … for sheep! Yes, yes, this is not a typo. Precisely on bleating curly-haired mammals.

We see the same picture with both eyes. And this vision is called binocular. The parrots excelled. Each eye sees its own image (monocular vision). How their brain does not boil when processing information is a mystery. In addition, a person distinguishes 16 images per second, while a feathered pet all 150!